Stop and turn signal for automobiles



' 1,549,496 H. MASBRUCH STOP AND TURN SIGNAL FOR AUTOMOBILES Filed Oct. 1924 gwumkoz b/zry lfaah ac/z Patented Aug. 11, 1925.

UNlTED HENRY MASBRUCI-I, O13 PL'AT'IEVILLE, WISCONSIN.

STOP AND TURN SIGNAL FOB AUTOMOBILES.

Application filed October 9, 1924.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY Masnnooir, a citizen of the United States, residing at Platteville, in the county of Grant and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and use ful Stop and Turn Signal for automobiles, o'l which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved manually operated stop and turn signal for automobiles; to provide a device which is completely under the con trol of the operator; and to provide a device which, although of relatively simple mechanism, will function eiiiciently. I attain these and other objects of my invention by the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is an edge elevational view of the device applied to an automobile;

Fig. 2 is a portion of the same view enlarged; and

Fig. 3 is a vertical section on line 3 Fig. 2.

Like characters of reference indicate like parts in each of the several views.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, I provide suitable casing members 1 and 53 within which i swingably mounted a hand 3 loosely mounted on the pivot pin l. Attached to the shank 5 of the hand is a wire or cable 6 which is attached at 8 to the lever 7 which lever is swingably mounted on the pivot 9, as shown in Fig. Lever 7 is operated by a suitable wire or cable 10 which is extended over rollers 11 and is provided with a button or ring 13 attached to the end 12 of the wire or cable, as shown in Fig. 1. I further provide a suitable spring 14 attached at 16 to one 01 the easing members 1 or 2 and at the other end to the hand 3 approximately at the point 15, as shown in Fig. 8. This spring 1% functions to normally hold the hand in a concealed position within the casing members 1 and 2. In operating this device the button or ring 13, which is preferably positioned just below the steering wheel, is pulled thus causing hand 3 to swing to a Serial No. 742,567.

horizontal position to indicate that tl e driver of the car is about to make a turn. By quickly pulling and partially releasing the cable the hand may be caused to wave back and forth to indicate that the driver is about to slow up or stop the car.

hat I claim is:

1. In a turn and stop signal for automobiles, the combination oi spaced casing members, a pin extending between said. casing members, a hand depending from and swingably mounted on said pin, the hand being suitably positioned relative to the easing to permit of its being swung to either an exposed horizontal position, slanting position or concealed vertical position according to the direction in which the vehicle is to turn, a lever pivotally mounted on the casing members, a wire cable attached to the shank of the hand and near the other end of the lever, and a second wire or cable attached to the Xtreme outer end of the lever and having a member adapted to be grasped by the operator attached to the free end of the wire or cable, and rollers over which the wire or cable is threaded.

2. In a turn and stop signal for automobiles, the combination of means for encasing a signal element, a swingable signal element pivotally mounted in said casing means and normally concealed therein, the swingable element being suitably positioned relative to the casing to permit of its being swung either to an exposed horizontal posi tion, a slanting position, or a concealed vertical position, resilient means operatively connected to the signal element and to the casing means and adapted to draw the signal element to a concealed position, means operatively connected with the shank oi? the signal element for swinging same to a display position, and a wire or cable connected to the last-mentioned means and extending to an operative position within easy reach of the steering wheel, substantially as described.

HENRY MASBRUCH, 

